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    Deeptech Aerospace Startup Tessat Space Raises ₹1 Crore in Angel Funding Round from Xylapay Kutlerri.ai raises $4 million from Narahari Investments. JSW Ventures completes the first close of Fund III, with JSW Family Office as anchor investor. Desible.ai raises ₹32 crore in a funding round led by Prime Venture Partners, with participation from Invention Engine. mistEO raises ₹18 crore in a seed round led by MGF Kavachh, with Seafund and other investors participating. Astrome Technologies signs an agreement with the Technology Development Board for ₹64.05 crore in support through optionally convertible debt under the RDI Fund. Nawgati is selected among the top 10 finalists of the UAE-India Startup Series 2.0. ValueQuest commits ₹775 crore across Sagar Defence Engineering, TASE Global and Rational Engineers. Greenjoules raises ₹150 crore in a Series B round co-led by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund and Climate Pledge Fund, with Rainmatter and Singularity Strategic Autonomy Fund participating, and secures a separate ₹100 crore loan from the Technology Development Board. London-based fintech startup Seva Money announced a $5 million seed funding round co-led by Blockwall and Revent, with participation from Seedcamp. Deeptech Aerospace Startup Tessat Space Raises ₹1 Crore in Angel Funding Round from Xylapay Kutlerri.ai raises $4 million from Narahari Investments. JSW Ventures completes the first close of Fund III, with JSW Family Office as anchor investor. Desible.ai raises ₹32 crore in a funding round led by Prime Venture Partners, with participation from Invention Engine. mistEO raises ₹18 crore in a seed round led by MGF Kavachh, with Seafund and other investors participating. Astrome Technologies signs an agreement with the Technology Development Board for ₹64.05 crore in support through optionally convertible debt under the RDI Fund. Nawgati is selected among the top 10 finalists of the UAE-India Startup Series 2.0. ValueQuest commits ₹775 crore across Sagar Defence Engineering, TASE Global and Rational Engineers. Greenjoules raises ₹150 crore in a Series B round co-led by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund and Climate Pledge Fund, with Rainmatter and Singularity Strategic Autonomy Fund participating, and secures a separate ₹100 crore loan from the Technology Development Board. London-based fintech startup Seva Money announced a $5 million seed funding round co-led by Blockwall and Revent, with participation from Seedcamp.
  • ByteSeal Introduces Advanced Hardware-Based Credential Vault for Passwordless Security

    ByteSeal

    Pune: ByteSeal, India’s biometric credential vault developed by Elementik Technologies, has announced the launch of its next-generation biometric security platform powered by Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC) latest AllKey technology.

    The upgraded ByteSeal platform marks a significant advancement in hardware-based digital identity protection, enabling users to securely store and access passwords, passkeys, payment credentials, and digital keys using only their fingerprint.

    The latest version replaces the earlier BM-Lite platform with FPC AllKey, offering enhanced processing performance, stronger security capabilities, and a more compact hardware design.

    As cyber threats continue to evolve and organizations increasingly shift toward passwordless authentication, ByteSeal provides a self-custodial security solution in which biometric verification is performed entirely on the device.

    Fingerprint templates remain securely stored within the hardware and are never transmitted externally, ensuring enhanced privacy and greater control over digital identities.

    Designed for professionals, enterprises, and security-conscious consumers, the ByteSeal biometric vault offers an alternative to conventional cloud-based password managers.

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    The wallet-sized device combines fingerprint authentication with hardware-level security to safeguard sensitive credentials across multiple digital platforms.

    “The migration to FPC AllKey represents a major step forward in our mission to make hardware-based digital identity protection accessible, secure and user-friendly,” said Nikhilesh Wani, founder and CEO at ByteSeal.

    “As password breaches and phishing attacks become increasingly sophisticated, users need solutions that place them in complete control of their digital credentials.”

    FPC AllKey integrates advanced fingerprint sensing, biometric matching, and secure authentication capabilities within a compact platform optimized for security-critical applications.

    The technology has been designed to support emerging use cases such as digital identity, access control, hardware security tokens, and secure credential storage.

    The latest generation of ByteSeal is now available for customers across India and select international markets.

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    • Salil Urunkar

      Salil Urunkar is a senior journalist and the editorial mind behind Sahyadri Startups. With years of experience covering Pune’s entrepreneurial rise, he’s passionate about telling the real stories of founders, disruptors, and game-changers.

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